Bloodhound, the car designed to hit 1,600kph
In September the Bloodhound – a car designed to ultimately hit a speed of 1,000 miles per hour (1,600kph) – will be on a ship.
By October it is due to be at Hakskeen Pan outside Upington, deep in the Kalahari desert. There it will fire up its military-grade jet engine and hit at least 800 kilometres per hour, and perhaps start approaching 1,000kph, in tests designed mostly to test its braking.
Because the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project is back from the dead, its leaders announced this week, and now it needs to learn how to slow down.
Source: businessinsider.co.za
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